Improvement in precautionary attachments for bottles containing poison



J. HARRISON. v PRBGAUTIONARY ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLES CONTAINING POISON.

Patented Jan. 3, 1871.

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Letters Patent N 110,766, and January 3,1871.

- :mPRovEMENT IN PRECAUTIONARV ATTACHMENTS FOR BOTTLES CONTAININGYPOISON.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and ranking part: of the lame,

I, JOSEPH HARRISON, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented,

a Spiked Band for Bottles, 860., containing Poison, .of which the following is a specification,

. Nature and Object of the Invention. Y

My invention consists of an elastic band, and pro tuber-ant points or spikes, which can be fitted to and adjusted on b0tt1es,'jars, 8.50., of different sizes, and

containing poison, in such a position that no one canobtain the contents of the bottle, dad, without previous warning, by the spikes punehingthe hand, of the dangerous character. of the contents.

Description of the Accompanying -Drawing. 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bottle or jar for containing poisons; and Y Figure 2, a perspective view of one of the spiked cellars or hands adapted to the jar.

General Description.

A represents a bottle, of which a is the neck, a cork or other stopper D being adapted to the mouth of the bottle.

E and F are bands of gum elastic, each band being furnished with protuberant sharp-pointed spikes, e,

which may consist of simple tacks passed through the band from the inside of the same.

One of these spiked bands may be adjusted to embrace the cork or stopper, 1), and another to embrace thebody A, as shown in' the drawing; or a single spiked band only may be used, and its position on the bottle may be determined by the form of" the latter, the band "being always at the point where the bottle would hen-10st likelyto be grasped byauyone desiring to pour out a portion of the contents, so thatin no crse could the poison in the bottle be used without a warning to those who handle it.

The advantage of the elastic band, which may consist of plain caoutchouc or of rubber braid, is that it can be readily adjusted to bottles of different sizes,

and to-dilferent 'parts of the same bottle.

I Claim. A band for poison-bottles, 85's., consisting elastic ring with projecting spikes, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH HARRISON.

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